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Armenian Chalcedonian church

Georgia / Javakhk / Akhalkalak / Saghamo

Location

The church stands at the northern extremity of the village.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 444.

Architectural Description

The other, semi-ruined church (exterior dimensions: 15.46 x 10.93 metres), located at the northern edge of Saghamo, mostly shares the composition of the aforementioned one, but it also has some distinctive features. Thus, apart from the prayer hall proper, it has a portico adjoining it in the south. Besides, it boasts richer ornamentation, including a dragon-shaped frame enclosing the window opening from the eastern facade of the portico, some ornate built-in-wall capitals and intramural arches, as well as a high relief representing a panther-like predator which symbolises the protector of the sanctuary: it is sculpted in the centre of the southern doorway of the portico which represents two arches.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, pp. 445, 448.

Relief, High Relief, Animal Reliefs

A high relief representing a panther with its head broken

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 447.

Type Photo
View Exterior
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative
Date 1988 — 1989 yy․

Type Photo
View Detail
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative
Date 1988 — 1989 yy․

Type Photo
View Exterior
Direction From the west
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1988 — 1989 yy․

Type Photo
View Exterior
Direction From the south-west
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative
Date 1988 — 1989 yy․

Type Photo
View Exterior
Direction From the south
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1988 — 1989 yy․

Type Photo
View Exterior
Direction From the south-east
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative
Date 1988 — 1989 yy․

Type Photo
View Exterior
Direction From the west
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1988 — 1989 yy․

Its portico from the west

Type Measurement
View Exterior
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Sketch

Type Photo
View Detail
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative
Date 1988 — 1989 yy․

A partial view of the southern facade of the church

Type Photo
View Exterior
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative
Date 1988 — 1989 yy․

Օne of the northern built-in-wall capitals of its portico

Type Photo
View Exterior
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative
Date 1988 — 1989 yy․

The frame of a window opening from its eastern facade